Weaverville Entrance Sign
The Weaverville entrance sign, designed and built for the town of Weaverville, NC, features a moongate, or complete circular arch. The sign greets visitors arriving into Weaverville as they pass Lake Louise, onto which the moongate opens. The complexity of this build revealed sandstone as the ideal choice because it is colorful and easy to work.
This moongate design element, complete with 3 intersecting slabs of sandstone at the bottom, is inspired by a fiddlehead fern. One of the sure signs of spring, fiddlehead ferns represent growth and renewal, speaking to some of Weaverville’s lovely qualities. The moongate itself also references a nearby water wheel, located just below Lake Louise. While no longer functional, the water wheel serves as a bit of a local landmark, and it is a unique place to check out.
Closeup of the moongate
Weaverville Sign Process
Initial sign sketch
Laying out the stones for the moongate
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- Building up the sign
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- Moongate in process
Finished product
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